VIKING: Thunder Horse
Katie Aiken Ritter
Paperback
(KTOriginals, April 30, 2020)
Book II, Norse Adventure series: ICELAND 980 A.D.A CORRUPT LEADER. A GROWING STORM. Secrets that could topple a tyrantâbut destroy those who carry them.Kidnap. Torture. Cheat. Steal. Lie. Bend the law and break it. Kel Coesson's ruthless chieftain Naldrum is scheming to take over all of Iceland...and he's getting away with murder. As the story opens, an intrepid vikinger, tricked by the chieftain, sails straight into danger. Kel has become an unwitting hero as he walks a knife-edge of betrayal in hopes of one desperate chance to stop Naldrum--and Kel's unraveling. But if he breaks, Kel and everything he cares about will be destroyed, including his onetime-love AldĂs, with whom a glimmer of hope glows again.A mysterious captive joins the characters of The Plains of Althing; the defiant slave Tor known as âThe Black Mountainâ, a lonely widow, a traumatized young priest, an honest old Lawspeaker...and Naldrum's bloodthirsty daughter, jealous of Kel and bent on destroying AldĂs.Mistrust spreads like disease among the valleys as Naldrum reveals his handâand Kel, horrified, finally breaks with his chieftain, propelling AldĂs towards a terrifying journey.As a long-held secret takes on a life of its own, AldĂs must choose to protect her own safety, or stand up for truth and rule of law, a decision that may utterly destroy herâbut at last set her free. Does desperate courage stand a chance against brutal corruption? Buy VIKING: Thunder Horse to experience this epic novel of Norse adventure for yourself! Katie Aiken Ritter is a 2016 AWC Novel Award winner and 2017 Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society Finalist, and is proud to be part of the StorytellerUK2020 competition.Readers who enjoyed Jean Auel's Clan of the Cave Bear, Ken Follett's The Pillars of the Earth, or the History Channel's Vikings may appreciate this well-researched and historically-relevant novel, which sets up the prelude to an Icelandic family saga. Five books, spanning two generations and two continents, explore themes such as the hero's journey, loyalty under duress, accurate everyday life in medieval Scandinavia, slavery in European societies, the rule of law against corruption and creeping authoritarianism, the world's first democracy at Althing, pagan beliefs, conversion to Christianity, and strong female, Norse, enslaved and black protagonistsâall amid Iceland's dramatic landscape in the land of fire and ice.VIKING: THUNDER HORSE is Book 2 of the Norse Adventure Series. "This writer crafts a well-researched, well-written story. MORE, PLEASE!"